lacrosse [< Cdn F la crosse < F "hooked stick"] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
1 n.
a game originating among the Indians and played by two teams, the players passing a ball to each other on the run or throwing it at the opponents' goal by means of a lacrosse stick.
See also: baggataway box lacrosse cross ((1)) (def. 1) field lacrosse hurdle lacrosse stick
2 n.
a stick hooked at one end and strung with leather thongs crosshatched by strings of gut to form a kind of pouch for carrying and throwing a ball in the game of lacrosse. See picture at lacrosse stick.
See also: lacrosse (def. 1) lacrosse stick